The province commits to publishing ward-level service delivery baselines in Gauteng municipalities it leads, and to reporting against them publicly.
The African National Congress in Gauteng welcomes the launch of Masakhe, the movement's 2026 local government elections manifesto, at Riverside Park in Diepsloot.
We note in particular the President's acknowledgement that too many municipalities are failing residents. That acknowledgement is not a weakness in the campaign; it is the precondition for being believed.
The province commits to the following in every Gauteng municipality the movement leads after 4 November. Within 100 days, each council will publish its priorities and a ward-level service delivery baseline covering water interruptions, electricity outages, refuse collection and road defects. Progress against that baseline will be reported publicly each quarter, including where targets are missed.
We further commit that this bulletin will carry those reports — the failures alongside the improvements. A transparency register that publishes only good news is not a transparency register.
Residents do not need to wait for November. Service delivery faults can be reported today through this bulletin's register, and every report is escalated to the responsible municipality or entity and tracked in public.
Issued by the Provincial Communications Sub-committee, African National Congress, Gauteng Province.
President Cyril Ramaphosa launched the 2026 local government manifesto at Riverside Park, Diepsloot, conceding that “too many municipalities are failing” and committing councillors to published priorities, signed performance agreements and removal for non-delivery.
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